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“ Take the Rock - Alcatraz Swim Challenge for Veterans & Military is OUTSTANDING! The 2013 - 2014 & 2015 events have been a huge success! We are so fortunate to have talented & dedicated Coaches... preparing each swimmer with the right skills & attitude of course with lots of practice to "Take the Rock" & meet this Challenge. Many thanks to all the boaters who provide support & safety for each swimmer. The VNVDV is honored to sponsor the financial aspects of this event & enjoy providing the swimmers & coaches with an early carb-load & lunch afterwards. We annually look forward to this event & working with the Concord Vet Center & the outstanding coaches from Nadadores Locos... and all the Veterans who take the challenge. Looking forward to Sept. 25, 2016. We encourage everyone to spread the word about this challenge making next year even bigger! Again, many thanks to all Take the Rock - Swim Challenge supporters! This is truly an amazing event! See you on Sunday! ”

Take The Rock Veterans Swim Challenge is a combined swim training and swim event aimed at people who have served in any branch of the U.S. military and their family members. (No Experience Necessary!) The organizers are veterans and our goal is to help you prepare and successfully swim from Alcatraz Island to the beach in San Francisco, a distance of approximately 1.3 miles.

We have had four annual Alcatraz swims to date, with the most recent one happening on September 2016 and 59 swimmers. We especially welcome and support disabled veterans.

There is no charge for the coaching or the Alcatraz swim. We are all volunteers and most or all the costs will be covered by the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley, the Nadadores Locos Swim Club, and the volunteers themselves.

In order to join this group you must fill out the questionnaire and use a photo of yourself in your human form, and your real first and last name - no aliases, please!